familiarity

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FAMILIAR'ITY, noun 1. Intimate and frequent converse, or association in company. The gentlemen lived in remarkable familiarity Hence, 2. Easiness of conversation; affability; freedom from ceremony. 3. Intimacy; intimate acquaintance; unconstrained intercourse.
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